Bipartisan support for controversial telco security law
Proposed legislation to implement the government’s Telecommunications Sector Security Reforms (TSSR) has received bipartisan support.
Stories by Rohan Pearce
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Review calls for CIO at Queensland’s electoral commission
There is an “urgent need” for the Electoral Commission of Queensland (ECQ) to invest in technology, including potentially appointing a permanent chief information officer, an independent panel scrutinising the conduct of Queensland’s 2016 local government elections has concluded.
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Cloud cuts ANZ’s hardware costs by a quarter
ANZ has slashed its hardware bill by 25 per cent thanks to the use of public and private cloud services.
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NBN details commercial launch for FTTC services
NBN has revealed that the Coburg North in Melbourne will be the first suburb to receive fibre to the curb (FTTC) services as part of the company’s expanded rollout of the technology.
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NBN prepares for full-scale HFC rollout
NBN believes it is on track for having some 900,000 premises able to order hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC) National Broadband Network services by late June next year.
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Telstra to spend $250 million on improving its network
Telstra’s CEO says the telco will spend $250 million on network improvements (a figure that includes $50 million the telco previously announced it would spend on improving its mobile network's resilience).
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Storm hits Amazon's Sydney cloud services
An outage of a swathe of Amazon's cloud services in its Sydney region hit Australian businesses today.
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Budget 2016: Government cracks down on GST-free online purchases
The government will extend the GST to cover all overseas purchases in a measure that will capture sales from large online retailers such as Amazon.com.
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Budget 2016: Government unveils ‘Google tax’
The federal government has unveiled a new crackdown on profit shifting by multinational companies attempting to lower their tax bills in a measure commentators have dubbed a ‘Google tax’ (perhaps unfairly given the search giant changed the way it is booking Australian revenue before the new measure was announced.).
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ANZ first of the big four to offer Apple Pay
ANZ is the first Australian bank to offer its customers the ability to pay for purchases using Apple’s digital wallet, Apple Pay.
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Government prepares to unveil $231.1m cyber security strategy
The government will today publicly release its long-awaited cyber security strategy. The strategy, details of which will be released at midday, includes initiatives worth $233.1 million over four years.
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Telstra progressively restoring mobile services after fault
Telstra has acknowledged a fault with its some of its mobile services.
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NBN says FTTN rollout still on track
NBN has refused to be drawn on an internal document that reveals its fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) rollout has suffered significant setbacks.
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Bureau of Meteorology closemouthed on hack claims
The Bureau of Meteorology has said it will not comment on claims that it could potentially cost “hundreds of millions of dollars” to remediate systems affected by an alleged security breach.
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Realising the IoT’s value
The potential economic impact of the Internet of Things in Australia is $116 billion by 2025, but without a focus on IoT technology in industry and among government the country risks losing the opportunity for competitive advantage and market leadership, according to a new report.
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